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kaydeejay
May 19, 2014Explorer
Bigmoss wrote:Check with another trailer, or with your trailer on a different truck.
.......snip........Am I better to assume it is on the trailer end ? If it is the trailer how much am I looking at to replace the magnet or magnets for the breaks ? I know nothing about this stuff at all.I am also trying to find someone that has a trailer I can try to see if my controller works with their setup.
Thanks
If you DO identify the trailer as the problem, before you go tearing into the brakes, follow the wire runs.
Many a time the brake wire has chafed on the sharp corner of a box channel creating an intermittent short circuit.
If no chafed wires, THEN it's time to start pulling drums and checking brake magnets and wires.
Do you own a VOM? (Volt-Ohm-Meter)
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